Qualitative research supported by data analysis software: An investigation from examples
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https://doi.org/10.4013/fem.2017.192.08Abstract
This paper investigates the contributions of data analysis software in qualitative researches. Thus, three academic papers with themes related to the Design area that used Atlas.ti software were examined. In these works the use of several qualitative data analysis strategies supported by the software was identified, such as the development of a manual coding scheme or the use of word frequency tools, of codes involving indexing or data reduction, of verification of codes observing consistency and omission, among others. In the end, it can be inferred that the use of software as support for the analysis of qualitative data can facilitate the organization and analysis of the data, as well as the elaboration of the research results, however, it depends on the researcher analytical ability and on how he uses this software.
Keywords: qualitative research, data processing, data analysis software, Atlas.ti.
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